New One

2007 album from Vesna. Inspired by her childhood's family sing-a-longs, the Serbian-born Vesna Petkovi has crafted powerfully emotional songs with a strong Jazz backing. She studied Jazz voice in her hometown and later at the reputable Graz University of Music and Performing Arts, considered the breeding-ground for the finest musicians of the Balkans. In 2000, Vesna got together with some of the best musicians of her home region (Serbia and Austria) to found her own band, all the while quietly writing and arranging the music that she now presents on a New One. Influences from the musical cosmos of her childhood meld with the Jazz she loved and studied. The little girl under the kitchen table and the experienced performer, the traditional music of her homeland and cutting-edge Jazz, melancholy and unfettered lust for life - all of these can be heard and felt on this exceptional debut. Essay Edition.